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Australian notebook. Smoking will hurt your wallet even more

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New tax on tobacco has been announced in the Federal budget which will see the price of a packet of cigarettes increase to $41.00 in four years time. Despite all the increases, the people on low income, and the aborigines smoke more than the rest of the population.


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By Vladimir Dubossarsky

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New tax on tobacco has been announced in the Federal budget which will see the price of a packet of cigarettes increase to $41.00 in four years time. Despite all the increases, the people on low income, and the aborigines smoke more than the rest of the population.



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